2 Kings 10:35
33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
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- BSB
- And Jehu rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz reigned in his place.
- KJV
- And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
- WEB
- Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
- ASV
- And Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
- DARBY
- And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria: and Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
- BLB
- And Jehu rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
- ÅB
- Og Jehu la seg til hvile hos sine fedre, og han ble begravet i Samaria; og hans sønn Joakas ble konge i hans sted.
- OTB
- Og Jehu hvilte med sine forfedre, og de begravde ham i Samaria; og Joahaz, hans sønn, etterfulgte ham som konge.
- B1930
- Og Jehu la sig til hvile hos sine fedre, og han blev begravet i Samaria; og hans sønn Joakas blev konge i hans sted.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
Read in context1 Kings 2:10
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Read in context2 Kings 13:1
In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
Read in context1 Kings 14:20
And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
Read in context2 Kings 13:7–8
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
Read in context1 Kings 14:31
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
Read in context2 Samuel 7:12
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
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